General Motors just pulled healthcare for 50,000 workers. There are some Democratic candidates suggesting that people love their health insurance companies, but this calculated move by a giant corporation that you and I helped bail out proves that employer sponsored healthcare is just another tool to control workers. If we had Medicare for all, General Motors would not have been able to use the life and death issue of having access to healthcare as a club to beat up the union. We need Medicare for All now!

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Mid-day with Mark
- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)

Video: Oversight Hearing: Mental Health Needs of Children in HHS Custody.

Article: "Homestead, now an empty facility for migrant children, costs $720,000 a day to staff" by Graham Kates.

Article: "Livestream: Corey Lewandowski Testifies Before the House Judiciary Committee" by Jacob Schulz.

Article: "When Is Impeachment Not Impeachment?" by NY Times.

Video: WATCH: Full exchange between Corey Lewandowski and House Judiciary Counsel Barry Berke.

Law: "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Congressional Freethought Caucus" by Wikipedia.

Resolution: "H.Res.109 - Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal." by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14].

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bill Needed for S.F. Public Bank Clears State Legislature" by Ida Mojadad.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8 (Powers of Congress). "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States... To establish Post Offices and post Roads;"

Article: "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists" (AUMF) by Wikipedia.

Article: "How to Play Texas Holdem" by Robert Ciaffone.

Article: "Mueller Report (Redacted) Searchable Version (PDF)".

Article: "Ineligibility Clause" (Emoluments Clause).

Article: "'Feel free to leak this': Inside the Pelosi-Nadler impeachment schism" by Sarah Ferris, Heather Caygle and John Bresnahan.

Article: "Pelosi bill aims to negotiate Medicare prices on top 250 drugs, penalize manufacturers that don't comply" by Yasmeen Abutaleb.

Article: "Trump revokes waiver for California to set higher auto emissions standards" by Kevin Liptak and Gregory Wallace.

Article: "Susan McDougal Goes to Jail For Not Testifying on Clinton" by Stephen Labaton.

Tweet: "PATHETIC that Lewandowski and Republicans are continuing @realDonaldTrump's cover up. I just called for him to be held in contempt." by David Cicilline.

Article: "The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters" (Interstate Crosscheck) by Greg Palast, August 24, 2016.

Article: "Contempt of Congress" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nearly 50,000 UAW workers go on strike against GM, America's biggest automaker" by Chris Isidore.

Article: "General Motors cancels health insurance of employees amid strike" by Al Restar.

Article: "HR 1: Democrats pass sweeping bill to get money out of politics" by Ella Nilsen.

Article: "Gallup: Labor union approval hits 50-year high" by Emily Rappleye.

Article: "Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails 'Cover-Up'" by David Johnston.

Article: "Essay; The Patsy Prosecutor" by William Safire.

Video: Did The Banks Just Tell Us A Massive Crash is Coming? w/Richard Wolff.

Article: "Federal Reserve injects billions of dollars into financial system" by Adam Samson, Joe Rennison, Colby Smith and Robin Wigglesworth.

Article: "For a second day, the New York Fed spent billions to calm the financial market" by Matt Egan.

Article: "Federal Reserve makes small interest rate cut. Trump slams central bank for having 'no guts'" by Heather Long.

Article: "History of banking" by Wikipedia.

Channel: "The Science Revolution" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "America's Abortion Rate Has Dropped to Its Lowest Ever" by Pam Belluck.

Tweet: "This also shows how important it is to get Medicare For All so employers can no longer use healthcare as a club to bludgeon their employees. https://twitter.com/vyurkevich/status/1174036332320088065" by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "NEW: GM is cutting off striking workers' health care coverage effective today. The UAW will now pick up the bill for their members' continued healthcare through COBRA. This development shows just how costly this strike will be to both sides." by Vanessa Yurkevich.

Article: "Jeffrey Epstein Put His Assets In A Trust - But Here's How His Alleged Victims Can Go After His Money" by Isabel Togoh.

Article: "Trump's Electoral College win was no fluke - and is likely to happen again: new study" by Igor Derysh.

Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nevada Territory" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pic Of The Moment: So, About That Swamp..." by EarlG.

Video: Israel election: Netanyahu and rival headed for deadlock - BBC News.

Article: "Netanyahu refuses to concede after he falls short - blames media instead" by Sarah K. Burris.

Video: Last Word 9/17/19.

Article: "Roe v. Wade" by History Channel.

Article: "Bill Baird (activist)" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "A Personal Note: On September 11, 2019 at 4:52 pm my wife of 15 years, Maryse Beliveau-Nance passed away from complications of Ovarian cancer. She was a brilliant landscape architect, devoted mother, fierce patriot, a proud Navy wife and the one great great love of my life." by Malcolm Nance.

Article: "John Ehrlichman" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978

Talk Media News Segment:
- Douglas Christian

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.

Article: "White House circulates gun background check proposal to lawmakers" by Marianne Levine and Burgess Everett.

Article: "Senators weigh in on gun safety legislation" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: ""Smoking Doesn't Kill" And Other Great Old Op-Eds From Mike Pence" by Andrew Kaczynski.

Article: "Trump Sanctions Iran Again, Inching Toward Economic Blockade" by Keith Johnson.

Article: "Saudi oil attacks: Drones and missiles launched from Iran - US" by BBC.

Article: "Houthi movement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How Did Drones Take Out 5 Percent Of The World's Oil Supply?" by Kyle Mizokami.

Article: "Saudi oil attack highlights Middle East's drone war" by Helen Warrell, Andrew England and Ahmed Al Omran.

Article: "France Dangles $15 Billion Bailout for Iran in Effort to Save Nuclear Deal" by David E. Sanger, Steven Erlanger and Adam Nossiter.

Hour Three: What Are the Solutions to Homelessness That Actually Work?
- Rob Strasberg (Co-CEO) & Treger Strasberg (Co-CEO & Founder), Humble Design / Co-Hosts, "Welcome Home" Saturday mornings on the CW network

Article: "Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness By 91 Percent; Here's How" by Kelly McEvers.

Article: "Once a national model, Utah struggles with homelessness" by Gregory Scruggs.

Article: "U.S. government says it lost $11.2 billion on GM bailout" by Eric Beech.

Article: "To G.M. Workers, U.A.W. Strike Is Chance for Overdue Reward" by Neal E. Boudette.

Event: Beaverton, OR - September 25 @ 7:00 PM: Thom and Naomi Klein Will be discussing Naomi's new book - "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal" at Powell's Books At Cedar Hills Crossing.

Article: "A report documents the systematic abuse inflicted on migrant children" by Washington Post.

Article: "Banking while black: Minority business owners with better credit scores than white counterparts face worse treatment and more scrutiny" by Tracy Jan.

Article: "Suicide rates are rising, especially in rural America" by Linda Carroll.

Event: Chicago, IL - October 3rd at 6pm: Booksignings w/Thom Hartmann - "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" at Smart 265 in Carol Stream.

Event: Portland, OR - October 10 @ 7:30 PM: Booksignings w/Thom Hartmann - The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America at Powells City of Books.

Article: "Corey Lewandowski" by Wikipedia.

Article: "These 25 cities are losing more residents than they are gaining as population declines" by Samuel Stebbins.

Article: "Florida, Texas and Carolinas home to many of America's fastest growing cities" by Samuel Stebbins.

Site: OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Article: "Richard Sackler" by Wikipedia.

Site: Move to Amend

Site: Public Citizen

Book: The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America by Thom Hartmann.

Book: The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics by Sean Wilentz.

Article: "Medicare Supplement Plan F Discontinued?" (and plan C) by Deana Lemmon.

Article: "What's Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap)" by Medicare.gov.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Disputing Trump Claims, Japan Says No Evidence Iran Was Behind Saudi Attack" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "'Saudi Arabia Pays Cash': Trump Admits 'Unlike Other Presidents' He'll Be Renting Out US Troops for Military Action" by David Badash.

Article: "Trump Vetoes Yemen War Powers Restraint Effort" by Jeff Abramson.

Article: "Inside the Secret Campaign to Export U.S. Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia" by Erin Banco.

Book: Kushner Inc.: Greed, Ambition, Corruption by Vicky Ward.

Article: "Jared Kushner may have an ethics problem - to the tune of $90m" by Vicky Ward.

Article: "Statement: Khanna Response To Trump's Escalation Of Sanctions Against Iran" by Ro Khanna.

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